Frank Dikötter

Mao's Great Famine

The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62

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Produktbeschreibung

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore

'Harrowing and brilliant' Ben Macintyre

'A critical contribution to Chinese history' Wall Street Journal

Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death.
Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up with and overtake the West in less than fifteen years. It led to one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever known.

Dikotter's extraordinary research within Chinese archives brings together for the first time what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people, giving voice to the dead and disenfranchised. This groundbreaking account definitively recasts the history of the People's Republic of China.

Produktdetails

• The Peoples Trilogy Vol.1
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Paperbacks / Bloomsbury Trade
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 329g
• ISBN-13: 9781408886366
• ISBN-10: 1408886367
• Artikelnr.: 46907663

Autorenporträt

Frank Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His books have changed the way historians view China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China to his award-winning People's Trilogy documenting the lives of ordinary people under Mao. He is married and lives in Hong Kong.

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'A masterpiece of historical investigation into one of the world's greatest crimes' New Statesman

'A masterpiece of historical investigation into one of the world's greatest crimes'